Does the way we respond when we are faced with accusation line up with Romans 12:18 that challenges us to do all we can possibly do to live at peace with those around us? The Eastern Tribes of Israel gives us an example of what this could look like in Joshua 22.
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We hate to wait. Our flesh and our culture tell us that if we are waiting, something must be wrong. Then our tendency is to take matters into our own hands just like the Israelites did in Exodus 32. But God uses waiting and tells us in Isaiah 40:31 that strength grows when we wait […]
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Jesus addresses our tendency to look horizontally twice in the Gospels. Spec spotting is a tempting hobby, but it divides our energy and compromises our effectiveness for the kingdom of God.
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Broken relationships and betrayal are hard realities of our fallen world. We know that we are called to forgive others as we have been forgiven, but how can we live in that forgiveness when the heaviness of it overwhelms our spirit? Joseph experienced tender betrayal from his own family and lived out forgiveness to them […]
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When faced with fears, a broken relationship and the consequences of his sin, Jacob sought refuge in God and was undone as he acknowledged his own unworthiness and remembered God’s kindness and faithfulness.
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The Lord can use hardship to reveal a layer of pride we were unaware of while on the mountaintop. The story of Job shows how God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. And really, humility is our only right response when we encounter the Lord.
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Unexpected joys and hardships will likely be ahead in 2025. What will be our anchor? In the middle of his grief and shaky faith, Job returned back to who he knew God to be in the middle of unexpected loss. We can always anchor ourselves in the unchanging character of God but we must have […]
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Happy New Year! What could be more important in the new year than regularly pausing hearts before the Lord? As we start 2025, we want to regularly “selah”. Verses in Psalm and Isaiah remind us that when we pause and wait on the Lord, we find our Source of strength as we pursue whatever resolutions […]
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Psalm 145 is a psalm of praise to the Lord but also encourages us to prayerfully reflect on how we lived this year. Did we glorify God and live for Him and not for ourselves in 2024? Did we love Him with our whole heart and prioritize time with Him in 2024?
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This Christmas season, may our hearts adore the ONE who frees us from the law, sin, shame, death and even from ourselves.
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